Gothamist: New Banksy Piece Going Up!

mangusta

Thu, 02 Oct 2008 23:17:20 -0500

Poor matty is far too fucking easily amused. what a fucktard.

NannyState

Thu, 02 Oct 2008 12:18:48 -0500

....er, NIMH.

NannyState

Wed, 01 Oct 2008 21:13:37 -0500

Sorry, but Banksy's entire ouvre looks like outtakes from "The Secret of NIHM".

MrCow

Wed, 01 Oct 2008 19:11:30 -0500

meh

Barbj8

Wed, 01 Oct 2008 18:15:03 -0500

If graffiti is a sanctioned piece of art, is it still graffiti? And if someone tags it, then is that graffiti or is it vandalism? If Banksy is now rich, is he a graffiti artist or an artiste?

aveB4life

Wed, 01 Oct 2008 16:54:54 -0500

i am def unfamiliar with arts but i do know graffiti. my two cents is just that i prefer the old work he did that was innovative and sly, not overt and installed by paid third parties.

whitecastlerock

Wed, 01 Oct 2008 15:51:25 -0500

isn't this a form of vandalism?

ryantomorrow

Wed, 01 Oct 2008 14:43:23 -0500

Yeah, to echo the point I made to ANIMAL NY on my Flickr, The hand is no different than what it creates. Just because Terry Richardson didn't press the shutter or Banksy didn't get up on the scaffold, does not mean they are not the artist. They are using tools (in this case, men) to realize the vision that they brought into the world. It seems to me that people who say "it's not his work because he didn't paint it" are unfamiliar with the arts in general. Like calling someone who inks comic books a "tracer". Just my $.02

spnder

Wed, 01 Oct 2008 14:20:45 -0500

Why do people keep calling these Banksy?

matty

Wed, 01 Oct 2008 13:31:38 -0500

"These are so exciting. I can hardly contain myself. What next? Waterfalls in the East River?" ROTFL

Rfive

Wed, 01 Oct 2008 13:09:57 -0500

it would be great if this was deitch. it would suck for him if it wasn't.

Rfive

Wed, 01 Oct 2008 13:09:13 -0500

it IS the same. throughout art history, artists from michelangelo to picasso (short & euro focused as it might be) have had other skilled artists render their works. being an artist is equal parts concept and skills. bank$y has both. kudos.

Snoopy

Wed, 01 Oct 2008 13:04:59 -0500

These are so exciting. I can hardly contain myself. What next? Waterfalls in the East River?

aveB4life

Wed, 01 Oct 2008 13:01:48 -0500

as a fan of banksy's work, i dont really like how banksy himself isn't putting these up. that's like the equivalent of a magritte sketching something and having another painter paint it. it's not the same.

classicrocker913

Wed, 01 Oct 2008 12:55:43 -0500

The rat is clearly commentary on our ethical law abiding Wall Street characters.